These photos of mass torture were captured inside Syrian prisons, and are among the thousands of images of mass death and torture that military defector, codenamed ‘Caesar’, smuggled out of Syria

“When they took me inside the prison, I could smell the torture. It’s a particular smell of humidity, blood and sweat; it’s the torture smell. They took me three floors underground. There were seven of us after the beatings. We were taken into our cell. It was about 2.5 meters by 3 meters. There was a big wall at the end of the room with a hole. There is no shower, just a toilet. It’s dirty and wet; water is leaking from the roof of the cell. It’s totally dark; there is no light; you can’t even see the other people in the same room with you.”

تقرير الامنستي حول سجن صيدنايا

Torture and other ill-treatment have been perpetrated by Syrian intelligence services and other state forces for decades, fostered by a culture of impunity that is reinforced by Syrian legislation. However, since the crisis in Syria began in 2011, the situation has become catastrophic, with torture and inhumane killings of prisoners vastly increasing

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